Tuesday, January 27, 2015

"Pathologically naive"

That's what one prosecutor said about 19-year-old Coloradan Shannon Maureen Conley. Why? Because she agreed to marry three different people in a matter of months, including a jihadist with the Islamic State. Judge Raymond Moore sentenced her to four years in prison.
Her prison sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release and 100 hours of community service, in which she has to interact with "ordinary people," Moore said.

He also prohibited her possession of any black powder or explosive materials.

Her attorney
noted that Conley, a convert to Islam, changed her adopted Muslim name from Halima to Amatullah, because she is a different person now. Amatullah means female "servant of Allah." Conley initially took the name Halima after converting to Islam.

But Moore adamantly responded, "She had another name before Halima."

"Don't tell me that changing her name means she gets it. She changes her name like I change my socks," the judge told the defense.

"She's a look-at-me girl," Moore continued.

John Conley reportedly caught his daughter talking to her ISIS "suitor" on Skype. The couple asked for the father's blessing, but he said no.

On April 1, the father called the FBI to report that he had found her ticket for an April 8 flight to Turkey on his desk.
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